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08/29/2013

Here are excerpts from President Obama's speech on the anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington.

"We rightly and best remember Dr. King's soaring oratory that day, how he gave mighty voice to the quiet hopes of millions, how he offered a salvation path for oppressed and oppressors alike. His words belong to the ages, possessing a power and prophecy unmatched in our time."

"Because they marched, America became more free and more fair, not just for African Americans but for women and Latinos, Asians and Native Americans, for Catholics, Jews and Muslims, for g**s, for Americans with disabilities. America changed for you and for me."

"And the entire world drew strength from that example, whether it be young people who watched from the other side of an Iron Curtain and would eventually tear down that wall, or the young people inside South Africa who would eventually end the scourge of apartheid."

"To dismiss the magnitude of this progress, to suggest, as some sometimes do, that little has changed - that dishonors the courage and the sacrifice of those who paid the price to march in those years. Medgar Evers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, Martin Luther King Jr., they did not die in vain. Their victory was great."

07/15/2013

A.Y.O's 1st 3 on 3 Classic Basketball Tournament

04/21/2013

Start right, stay right, finish right. That's the recipe.

11/20/2012

We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends."
-- Mary McLeod Bethune

With this being said, should we look into the thought of lowering the legal voting age to 16 ?

11/16/2012

"No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave" - Calvin Coolidge

11/13/2012

We must serve consciously as caring role models, emphasizing the ethic of service, not consumption.

Marian Wright Edelman

01/31/2012

The 761st Tank Battalion. One of our least told stories, Read up http://www.761st.com

The 761st Tank Battalion was activated on April 1, 1942, at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, and deployed to Europe, landing at Omaha Beach in France on October 10, 1944.

The Battalion trained at Camp Hood, Texas, where they were rated superior by Second Army Commander Lt.Gen. Ben Lear. They landed on the Continent with high morale -- some said they were cocky.

Later referred to as the Black Panther Tank Battalion, the 761st was attached to the XII Corps' 26th Infantry Division, assigned to Gen. George S. Patton Jr.'s Third Army, an army already racing eastward across France, and committed to combat on Nov. 7, 1944.

As a result of their great fighting abilities they spearheaded a number of Patton's moves into enemy territory. They forced a hole in the Siegfried Line, allowing Patton's 4th Armored Division to pour through into Germany. They fought in France, Belgium, and Germany, and were among the first American forces to link up with the Soviet Army

761st Tank Battalion